The Ann Cary Randolph Jones Family Papers collection includes original letters to William Strother Jones (grandson of Gabriel Jones) from Alexander Burnet and correspondence of Ann Cary Jones. Also included are land surveys, Vaucluse farm plat and floor plans, and a codicil to Ann Cary Jones’s will. (1 box) Last updated 02/03.

Note: All correspondence has been transcribed. It is available in that form for researchers' use. For additional information about the family, see the itemized list that accompanies this inventory. Researchers may wish to consult Defend the Valley: A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War, by Margaretta Barton Colt (New York: Orion Books, 1994), call number 975.5 COL in the Archives Reading Room.

at Vaucluse - Yankee soldiers keeping guard and detaining local people for questioning

Battle of Winchester

1863 – July 13

at Winchester

1863 – August 7

at Winchester, to Lucy -
Has suffered from a slight typhoid fever
Yankees have left the area for now
Post Office in Winchester is closed, and there seems to be some difficulty in taking letters up the Valley to be mailed
Her son is in Staunton
People are anxious to leave Winchester; they are selling their homes
A lot of people are sick and have fevers; diphtheria is also common

1864 – November 30

from Vaucluse, to cousin [Lucy] -
A friend, Tom Marshall, was killed
Searching of private property

1874 – June 22

at Vaucluse -
Taxes on property
Other personal news

1875 – March 2

from Vaucluse -
Friendly gossip

1876 – August 21

from Buffalo Marsh

[1875 or 1876] – Winter

from Vaucluse -
Mentions abolition of slavery
Family news

From Alexander Burnet:

1803 – February 5

at Farley, to Wm. Strother Jones at Chapel Hill, NC

1804 – February 13

at Farley, Culpeper Co., to William Strother Jones at home of Gabriel Jones, Rockingham

1805 – March 26

at Falmouth, to William Strother Jones at Vaucluse, personal letter

1805 – June 16

at Falmouth, to Wm. Strother Jones at Vaucluse, near Stephensburg, personal letter

1805 – July 3

at Falmouth, to William Strother Jones at Vaucluse, personal letter

1806 – January 3

at Falmouth, to William Strother Jones at Elm Grove, Culpeper, personal letter